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Principal Investigator
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PABLO RIPOLLÉS
Pablo Ripollés is an Assistant Professor with a joint position between the Department of Psychology and the Music and Audio Research Laboratory (MARL) at New York University. He serves as MARL's associate director since September 2020. He received a B.M. in Computer Engineering from University of València (2009), an MSc in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Navarra (2011), and a PhD in Biomedicine from the University of Barcelona (2016). Dr. Ripollés work relies on creating a joint theoretical framework to study language, reward, memory and music with a clear objective: capitalize on music to shape cognition, and capitalize on cognition to shape music. CV | google scholar | Twitter | Email |
Lab Manager
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MICHAEL McPHEE
Michael McPhee is a Junior Research Scientist and Lab Manager at New York University. He received a B.A. in Biology, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Science from Williams College (2015) and has been working with Dr. Ripollés from the lab's early days. Before coming to NYU, Michael was a research assistant in the Freiwald Lab at Rockefeller University and in the Maroja Lab at Williams College. Michael is interested in studying musical experience as the intersection of reward learning, social cognition, and neuroaesthetics, in visual-social cognition, and in philosophy of mind. |
Graduate Student
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ELLIE ABRAMS
Ellie Abrams is a PhD student in the Psychology Department at NYU’s College of Arts & Science working with Dr. Pablo Ripollés and Dr. David Poeppel. Ellie graduated from Pomona College with a major in Cognitive Science and a minor in Music minor. Before beginning the PhD program, Ellie was a lab manager and research assistant in both the Neurolinguistics Lab and the Morphology Lab at NYU, where her work focused on the neural basis of musical engagement, the neurobiology of language, and the clinical applications of MEG language research. Before coming to NYU, Ellie was involved in studies of music and language development in preschoolers and of speaker recognition in adults as UCSD’s Language Acquisition and Sound Recognition lab. Email |
Graduate Student
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ELENA GEORGIEVA
Elena Georgieva is a PhD student at NYU's Music and Audio Research Lab (MARL) working with Dr. Pablo Ripollés and Dr. Brian McFee. Before coming to NYU, Elena taught sound recording at Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), where she received her master’s degree in 2019. Elena is a singer and vocal producer and performs with several singing groups! Elena is interested in studying how people interact with music in their everyday lives and how technology can enhance those interactions. Broadly, she does music, psychology, and machine learning. Email |
Graduate Student
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MICHAL GOLDSTEIN
Michal Goldstein is a PhD student in the Department of Music Technology and the Music and Audio Research Laboratory (MARL) at New York University. Her advisors are Mary Farbood (MARL) and Pablo Ripollés (MARL/Psychology). She received a B.A. in Musicology and Psychology (2016), and an M.A in Musicology and Cognitive Sciences (2019) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Michal is interested in the intersection between music theory and perception, and in using the experience of music listening in order to better understand the brain. |
Graduate Student
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ANNA PALUMBO
Anna is a PhD candidate in the Rehabilitation Science Program at NYU, where she works with Dr. Pablo Ripollés in the Music and Auditory Research Laboratory (MARL) and Dr. Gerald Voelbel in the Department of Occupational Therapy. She also collaborates on research initiatives with Dr. Alan Turry at the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy. Before beginning her doctoral studies, Anna received her master’s degree in music therapy from NYU. As a music therapist, she worked with adults with neurodegenerative disease, acquired brain injury and mental illness, as well as autistic people and other neurodiverse populations. |
